The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 106 Robert’s participation in the war

King's Landing, the capital of Westeros and the ruling center of the Baratheon dynasty.

After experiencing the chaos of the Usurper's War and the founding of the new dynasty, the city finally returned to peace. The space left by those who were driven out of King's Landing was soon filled by civilians who came from the Stormlands and all over Westeros. As the capital of Westeros, it has an extremely strong appeal to people from all over the country.

The life of the people of King's Landing has also undergone great changes. Due to the chaos in King's Landing, the gangs and guilds in the city were almost wiped out, and the city power originally managed by them became vacant.

What power hates most is a vacuum, so after it was determined that the Baratheon dynasty had no intention of taking over everything on a large scale, and after King Robert came from the Stormlands and took away the most valuable part of King's Landing, King's Landing A round of melee began on the streets around the ownership of power.

During that time, in the complex slums of King's Landing, people from all walks of life would start fighting every night, but the city guard and the new army set up by the Baratheon Dynasty ignored this. This is what it means from the Red Keep. , the cost required to fully take over the grassroots of King's Landing is too great, and Baratheon's power can only enter some important nodes, so the actual leader of the Iron Throne, Prime Minister Jon Arryn, chooses to continue the Targaryen method .

Old Aylin understood that this was a result of the restless people in King's Landing fighting, and many people would definitely die, but this was already the best way, so he drew a bottom line for all the people, that is, there should be no trouble. Too big and ugly.

Therefore, the night in King's Landing becomes a night of killing. For ordinary citizens, everything is much more chaotic than when Targaryen was still there. Several waves of people come to collect protection fees every day, and they often break things. Their lives have become precarious.

As a result, many of them were nostalgic for the Mad King's rule, but their nostalgia was completely meaningless and would not have any impact. At most, it gave them something to soothe their spirits.

However, chaos comes and goes quickly. As old Aylin began to intervene in the power struggle in King's Landing, many forces were eliminated very quickly. Old Aylin did not allow the scene of chaotic killing to continue for too long.

While driving more ambitious people to embark on the eastward journey, the gold and silver spent by these people revitalized the service and handicraft industries in King's Landing that had been depressed due to the war.

The wealth from the east stimulates the economy of Westeros. King's Landing is naturally affected by this wave, and the adventurous nature of the people of Blackwater is also stimulated.

Therefore, King's Landing's city gates, warehouses, ports and other places have been maintained and renovated, and the Targaryen symbols that can be seen everywhere in King's Landing have begun to be cleaned up. Stonemasons hired by the Iron Throne have removed these "dragon's vomit" in King Robert's mouth "Break it.

By conducting trade in the East, and even becoming subordinates of the new rich, a group of people from King's Landing were able to quickly occupy a large position in Westeros's Eastern business, and this influence also fed back to King's Landing itself, in their operations and iron work. Under pressure from the throne, Gulltown had to give up some of its privileges. In return, they could share some of the profits from King's Landing's trade.

Not to mention, there are also large orders from the East. The nobles and new rich who have settled in the East need a lot of things.

Under such circumstances, many people from King's Landing chose to travel eastward to Essos to seek business opportunities. Although trade with Essos was monopolized by Seagull Town, this did not affect their physical journey to the east.

In this way, King's Landing finally calmed down. Although there would be frictions between the gangs that ruled each neighborhood from time to time because of the unclear distribution of power and interests, the scenes of constant killings in the past have become a thing of the past.

As the environment returned to calm, King's Landing's economy also recovered rapidly. As the capital of Westeros, its political significance has allowed it to gather a large amount of wealth. Economically, it is located at the mouth of the Blackwater River, north and south. All goods can be easily exported here.

Their original organizational strength was still destroyed in the process of entering the city. Most people can only rely on themselves, so they must not show any weakness in their lives, otherwise they will be swallowed up immediately without leaving any bones.

Important trading ports like King's Landing were also the first to be affected. King's Landing and its royal territory already had many nobles and knights joining the expedition, and now they have returned with large amounts of gold and silver in their arms.

If you carry gold and silver, you have to spend money. Therefore, in several large cities on the east coast of Westeros: Seagull Town, King's Landing and White Harbor, there are people who have pockets full of gold and spend money lavishly. Most of them were once ordinary people. Hire knights, mercenaries or farmers, but the money in their pockets now exceeds what many feudal knights have earned in several years.

Houses destroyed and abandoned by war and chaos were rebuilt one after another, and the new nobles who emerged in King's Landing also began to build large-scale construction projects. In this way, the new dynasty wanted to demonstrate their power and prove their superiority to the people.

Before Aegon's conquest, the Blackwater Bay area was a place where the kings of Westeros fought for each other, which made the people of Blackwater develop a desperate habit. Although King's Landing stands at the mouth of the Blackwater River, Targaryen's free-range rule and the poor urban environment still make the people of King's Landing fight for their lives.

Under such circumstances, everything that happened in Essos in the East also had an impact on King's Landing. Since a large number of relatives and friends were forced to go to the other side of the Narrow Sea, the people of King's Landing were the group that was most concerned about the war on the other side of the Narrow Sea. Coupled with the trading tradition of the people of Blackwater, King's Landing has become a diffusion point for Eastern information second only to Seagull Town.

The people from King's Landing who were driven to the east gave them great help. These people from King's Landing who were exiled were the most crisis-conscious group in the expeditionary force. Therefore, after the success of the expeditionary force, they tried to occupy as much power and power as possible. land, and remained wary of outsiders, which greatly helped the people of King's Landing later.

When the news of the victory in the East came one after another, the people of Junlin were quite happy, because it meant that their relatives and friends had established a firm foothold in the East, instead of dying meaninglessly in the East.

As Seagull Town brought back a large amount of loot obtained from Essos, the city survived the crisis of poverty. With Seagull Town as the center, all the surrounding ports benefited from this - because what Seagull Town obtained also had the narrow monopoly. maritime trade rights.

However, what happened next made the people of Junlin unable to sit still.

But even this brought the prosperity of King's Landing to a higher level. Ships loaded with gold and silver from the East sailed into the port, and then left with the goods collected by King's Landing. The flow of wealth allowed King's Landing to quickly get rid of war and chaos. of haze, and began to flourish further.

When life finally got better for the people of King's Landing, and they began to feel some belonging and recognition of the Baratheon dynasty, in the Red Keep, Robert Baratheon, now the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and the owner of the Iron Throne, decided An important decision has to be made.

"They have captured Pentos! Pentos! That Frey really did it! What else can you say? The Easterners are powerful? That's it? Jon, do you still see it this way?" In the hall of the Red Keep, Robert Baratheon slammed his palms on the table in various ways. With his movements, a lot of parchment flew everywhere, and Grand Maester Pycelle was blown away by the dust. I choked and sneezed several times in a row.

Amidst the sneezing of the grand maester, Jon Arryn's face was gloomy, because he knew that after this news came, he could no longer persuade the king to remain calm and not participate in the war in the east.

When news of the victory in Essos came one after another, Robert couldn't hold back his yearning for war. The prosperity and hunting in the prosperous age could not satisfy his adopted son's restless heart. He still remembered that he and Robert were separated because of this. Bo Da had a quarrel and told him that the current situation in the country was unstable and rash promotion of overseas wars would easily plunge his rule into catastrophe.

Old Aelin said a lot at that time, but Robert didn't care about any of it. In his opinion, it was not a problem. He would definitely succeed, until old Aelin said, "Did you expect to see Targaryen coming?" Robert said. Bo finally calmed down.

But at that time, he knew that this peace was only temporary. As long as the news of victory came from the east again, Robert would jump up again. At that time, old Arryn even hoped that the expeditionary force would fail.

As the actual controller of the Iron Throne, Old Arryn is very aware of how fragile the Baratheon dynasty's rule is today. The Wolf, Deer and Osprey Alliance is certainly the foundation of Robert's rule, but outside of these four, There are many places that still call Robert a usurper, and Dorne and the Reach, which are completely excluded from the core power of the Iron Throne, also have ambiguous attitudes.

If Robert can win in the east, then everything is easy to say, and his power will be more consolidated, but if he fails, it will inevitably cause a series of chain reactions, which is still bad.

Old Aylin felt as if his hair was about to fall out at the thought of having to face this. Then he looked at Robert with a look of hatred that could not be made of steel. This kid was eating, drinking, whoring and gambling every day, and didn't know how hard it was. He thought he was just filming. The brain can understand it, but it doesn't understand his painstaking efforts at all.

Although Robert enjoys a reputation as a good warrior in Westeros, old Arryn does not think that his adopted son can still be unstoppable in the east. The Free Trade Cities are not weak.

Now that Pentos has fallen, Robert wants to use force in the east. The only option he can choose is the Kingdom of the Three Daughters, also known as the Three Cities Alliance. This is a kingdom that dared to fight against the Targaryen dynasty even when it was at its strongest. The existence of Gillian's confrontation is a proven battlefield veteran, not an existence that can be easily solved.

However, he also understood that Robert would not think about this.

Once again, old Arryn began to think about whether it was a mistake to break into King's Landing and let Robert become the king. Should he let Robert lose the crown and let him be a free and unrestrained knight? If so, he There is no need to be so tired now.

In a second thought, old Arryn's reason told him that this was absolutely impossible. If he didn't support Robert, how could he unite all the parties to overthrow the Targaryens? Should he tell them that it was over and then go back to their homes?

When they are in their position, many things cannot be done as they please, they are all forced to move forward. Robert understands this and only accepts the Iron Throne.

His thoughts returned to the present, looking at Robert who was yelling about how weak the Easterners were. Old Aylin sighed countless times. What else could he do? No one could break Robert's will.

However, Old Aylin also thought about Hugo's victory next. In the view of the Duke of Eagle's Nest City, Hugo's victory was like the help of the Seven Gods. Of course, the young man himself also had strong abilities.

Maybe, Robert can actually win? Can we really win the East? When this idea came to Old Aylin's mind, he subconsciously wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was really not that impossible.

He recalled the Valyrian steel weapons and armor Hugo had sent to him. Although they were only high-imitation works, they were also Valyrian weapons, and these Valyrian weapons were sent over like this.

Robert was very happy after getting these things, and then he gave Valyrian steel weapons and armor to each of the seven Kingsguards. He himself wore these Valyrian products every day.

This caused a sensation throughout Westeros. Valyrian steel weapons, something that many people asked for but could not get, were sent as trophies from the east.

That Hugo gave away a lot of swords. In addition to the ones for the king, he also offered seven tiled steel swords and seven tiled steel armors to the church where the Seven Gods first conquered, as well as the knights who had conferred him. As well as the lord who had helped him, he also obtained a tile steel sword - even if everyone knew that it was a high imitation, the sensation remained unchanged, because no matter what, it was a tile steel weapon.

He still remembered that Duke Tywin sent people across the Narrow Sea overnight. After all, Valyrian weapons were Tywin's heartache. There were many people in Westeros who were so restless. In this way, more people joined in. During the expedition.

"So, Jon, I have made up my mind. I am going to conquer the East. I have no time to do anything. I am tired of hunting birds and women every day. Do you hear me? I want you to do it right away. !”

Robert shouted to Old Arryn again. Old Arryn didn't say anything. Let's go on an expedition. He stood up and looked at Robert.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Robert didn't even react immediately to Old Aelin's sudden promise. After realizing what happened, he patted Old Aelin's shoulder enthusiastically, and he was overjoyed.

And Old Aylin only hopes that everything will develop as smoothly as he imagined.

(End of this chapter)